What words in chapter 2 does John Steinbeck use to describe the setting ? Explain how he creates the setting by words.

Steinbeck uses words like "old yellow plastered buildings" and the state of the canoes. Steinbeck continues to detail the extreme poverty in which Kino and Juana live; not only can they not afford their own canoe so that Kino may perform his job as a pearl diver, they must use a canoe that is several generations old. This is important, for it gives greater weight to the discovery of the pearl, which could raise them from a meager existence into some sense of security. Although the setting is naturally beautiful, it is filled with poverty for Kino and his people.